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When people are speaking crassly, things like じゃない will often be pronounced
じゃねえ, with maybe a few variations (e.g. じゃねー, or using katakana, etc.). My
question is, how does one usually do this for "弱{よわ}い"? Do they use うぇ? or ゑ?
Or 弱え? Or what? Sorry if this question is super simple.

How is it usually written when one contracts "知った事じゃない" to "shitta
kotchanee!"?


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How is "yowee" supposed to be written in japanese? (e.g. "anta wa yoweenda yo!", meaning "you're weak!")


Traditionally, the Japanese language did not have the sound of うぇ. That's why
the verb わらう conjugates like わらえ rather than わらうぇ, わらいます rather than わらうぃます
and so on.

よわい also contracts to よえー rather than ようぇー. Likewise, つよい becomes つえー rather
than ついぇー.

"Shitta kotchanee" is しったこっちゃねえ or しったこっちゃねー.

Japanese people recognize sounds like うぇ, うぃ and いぇ today, but they are almost
exclusively used for loanwords.


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